Around 98,000 Monarch customers still remain abroad. Over 50,000 are expected to be flown home this week, with over half currently in Spain or the Spanish islands. The first two flights put on by the CAA came from Ibiza.

The BBC reports that the effort will cost the CAA an estimated £60 million. The CAA has already chartered jets from Qatar Airways, Canada's Air Transat, and easyJet, according to the Independent. 30 planes have been chartered in total.

The collapse of Monarch has led to estimated job losses of 1,900, with close to 250 staff kept on to help the CAA with repatriation efforts.